A-7E operation praying mantis
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9 27 October 2012, 07:47
Tim Vereeckegood scale and nice process! 🙂 The Zactomodels parts really make the difference
27 October 2012, 10:11
Bill GilmanBased on the photos, the Zactomodels parts are awesome! How could Trumpy get the intake and windscreen so wrong? Oh, wait, never mind I think I know...
28 October 2012, 18:16
Ben SchumacherStriking scheme, Mark! I have the Zacto set as well and the parts are incredibly well engineered and moulded. Too bad I cannot start my A-7 as my Navy boxing contains the wrong fuselage - the USAF one instead of the Navy version and I am not really tempted to scratchbuild the refueling probe... anyway, I will be watching your progress - keep up the good work!
9 November 2012, 15:26
Bill GilmanBen - the Trumpy box for the USN version has the USAF fuselage? That's even more crazy than I would have expected!
Mark - the national insignia on the port wing is beyond low "visibility" - it's almost "invisible!" I do love the scheme you've chosen though, it looks very cool! 🙂
9 November 2012, 16:50
Ben SchumacherYes, seems they just put the wrong fuselage into my box... Not a huge issue, but it still sucks. Anyway, I think the next project after my RF-8 will be either the Fisher Cutlass or Skyray.
9 November 2012, 22:23
TreehuggerQ: Any idea if the two related kits (one with "new parts") are similar? Seeing as OP has acquired aftermarket nose + intake + canopy (no longer on sale by the looks of it), it makes me wonder if maybe the camo version, has corrected shapes, but I am probably wrong.
25 June 2021, 12:08
Ben SchumacherThere is a Navy (used here) and an Airforce version. Main difference is the fuselage (different IFR probes). Both of them share the same massive canopy and air intake shape issues. These have never been adressed by Trumpeter.
29 June 2021, 10:40
TreehuggerI contacted the people that made your intake + canopy + nose aftermarket combo, they don't make them anymore. 🙂 So OP is lucky in that regard.
29 June 2021, 13:02
Ben SchumacherI thought Chris still did the intake but without the corrected Canopy? I luckily have a set as well…
30 June 2021, 05:54
TreehuggerYes, they sell the corrected intake for $8, which is a nice price I think.
I don't understand what some kit manufacturer thinks. It is as if they don't even think about canopies being rounded on top, as if they can't even imagine round objects being based on an ellipsis or a circle shape even. Maybe they just see a single curve, never thinking that the curved surface is probably designed as a part of a larger curve, like a circle or something similar.
30 June 2021, 08:34
Ben SchumacherSimple - these kits were developed by people who don't care about the real a/c and who have never seen it in the flesh. "Close is good enough". Super annoying for sure but that's the explanation for many flaws in many different kits...
1 July 2021, 07:31
TreehuggerI see what you say.
And if one look at the cross section of F-16 and F-14 canopies, I think one will see the cross section is more circular, not just some curve that is round on top and then just merges with the hull on the sides. 🙂 I used to make 3D models of stuff on a computer, so this type of design problem is all somewhat familiar to me. I got burned out by technical difficulties due to shader networks, and faulty/crude scale drawings. Apparently 'proprietary' drawings are proprietary (secret sort of). 😄
1 July 2021, 09:35
